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Leaks Bolster Afghans' Complaints

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Maria Abi-Habib And

Yaroslav Trofimov

Updated July 26, 2010 8:58 p.m. ET

KABUL—The Afghan government, in its initial reaction to the leak of 75,000 internal U.S. military documents about the war, zeroed in on reported Pakistani support for the Taliban-led insurgency—hoping that the disclosures, and the resulting public outcry, would force Washington to turn up pressure on Islamabad.

Kabul also used the leaked reports of previously undisclosed civilian casualties to demand further restraints on coalition rules of engagement. The documents were posted by WikiLeaks, an organization dedicated to...

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